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Lenovo Offers Power and Portability with New Lenovo 3000 V100 12" Widescreen Notebook

SYDNEY, June 1, 2006
- Lenovo today unveiled its first ultraportable widescreen notebook PC, the Lenovo 3000 V100, designed for on-the-go small business customers seeking powerful performance in a modern design. Weighing a sleek 1.8kg
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and sporting a 12.1-inch widescreen display, the V100 offers professionals on a limited budget powerful dual-core performance, easy and reliable connectivity, widescreen efficiencies and new multimedia features.

As with all Lenovo 3000 PCs, the V100 provides worry-free computing with a set of "Lenovo Care" productivity tools that help organise top tasks, most frequently used applications and help and support tools with the press of a button. Lenovo Care helps alleviate the need for a dedicated IT help desk by offering a central location for essential PC tasks such as:

The V100 is available with Intel Core™ Duo processors that efficiently run multiple programs simultaneously, such as business applications and virus scans. The V100 comes with an integrated optical drive for watching movies, playing music or installing software. It also offers complete connectivity features such as integrated 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN and 10/100 Ethernet on all models, and Bluetooth on select models.

The V100 provides the ultimate mobile viewing experience with Lenovo's VibrantView display which offers sharp contrast, crisp images, increased colour depth and wider viewing angles. The 12.1-inch widescreen dimensions offer up to 20 percent more data space and approximately four more spreadsheet columns than a standard 12-inch display, increasing the viewing capability for a multitude of popular application formats, such as spreadsheets, charts, graphs and video. VibrantView also optimises the multimedia experience by enabling users to view high-end graphic and video content in lowly lit environments. The V100’s widescreen, VibrantView display is complemented by Lenovo’s award-winning fully sized keyboard.
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"On-the-go business professionals today demand more from their notebook computers. They want performance, reliability and value, but they also want to have fun," said Frank Luburic, Senior ThinkPad Manager, Lenovo Australia and New Zealand. "As small business professionals become more mobile and proficient in the latest PC technologies, we want to give them the ultimate widescreen ultraportable computer that meets the needs of their business demands while providing a unique and fun computing environment. The V100 delivers with core-duo performance, exceptional design features such as a full-sized keyboard and VibrantView display as well as its suite of Lenovo Care tools to help small business get ahead."

The V100 also incorporates a 5-in-1 multi-card reader for downloading digital pictures from multiple types of memory cards, three USB ports, a 1394 and VGA port. An integrated fingerprint reader for easier management of passwords is available on select models.

Videoconferencing can also be achieved thanks to dual integrated microphones, forward facing stereo speakers for playing and recording audio, as well as a built-in 1.3 Megapixel camera (on selected models.)
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The V100 also sports an integrated combo or DVD recordable drive.

The Lenovo V100 will be available from June 1, 2006. Prices for the V100 start at $2799.00 with a dual-core processor and integrated DVDRW multiburner.
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Lenovo 3000 products will mostly be sold through Lenovo business partners and directly via the web at
www.lenovo.com/nz

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building the world's most innovative personal computers. Lenovo's business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group's acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable high-quality, secure, and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information about Lenovo, see
www.lenovo.com/nz